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Kickstart your day with the best classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • John Jeffreys

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: Orchestra da Camera. Conductor: Kenneth Page.
    • Jeffreys: Idylls and Elegies.
    • Divine Art.
    • 1.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Version for Viola & Piano)

    Performer: Kwan Yi. Performer: Rachel Yonan.
    • Kiss on Wood.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 107.

  • Judith Weir

    Brighter Visions Shine Afar

    Orchestra: Coronation Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • The Official Album of The Coronation: The Complete Recording.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no. 1; Prelude and Allemande

    Performer: René Schiffer.
    • Avie.

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon (Overture)

    Conductor: Darrell Ang. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.
    • Kabalevsky: Works for Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120: iii. Allegretto grazioso

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas Op. 120, 4 Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

  • Robert Lowry

    The American Road: V. Shall We Gather at the River

    Composer: Shawn E. Okpebholo. Performer: Nathan Salazar. Choir: Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Conductor: Joshua Habermann.
    • Navona.

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin: Act I Prelude

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Macbeth (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Clara Schumann

    Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Perpetuum mobile Op.257

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Kenneth Fuchs

    Cloud Slant - Concerto for Orchestra; 2. Flood

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Tchaikovsky: Complete Orchestral Works Vol.2.
    • Philips.
    • 8.

  • Antoine Reicha

    Overture in D Major, AJR I:8a

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Valentin Egel.
    • Reicha: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 1.
    • CPO.
    • 105.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    The place where the rainbow ends (Magnolia Suite)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 5.

  • Trad.

    Ar Lan y Môr [By the Sea-Shore]

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gareth Jones.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets and orchestra, RV 537

    Performer: Niklas Eklund. Performer: Jeffrey Segal. Ensemble: Wasa Baroque Ensemble.
    • The Art of the Baroque Trumpet, vol.5.
    • Naxos.
    • 1-3.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Gran Vals for guitar

    Performer: Mats Bergström.
    • Gorgeous Guitar: Best Loved Classical Guitar Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1001.

  • Juan Carlos Cobián

    La casita de mis viejos

    Music Arranger: Horacio Salgán. Ensemble: London Tango Quintet.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 \"Jupiter\": I. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Mozart: The Beginning & The End.
    • Aparté.
    • 7.

  • Pérotin

    Beata Viscera II

    Performer: Apollo5.
    • VCM Records.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino Overture (Arr. for Brass Ensemble)

    Music Arranger: Matthias Höfs. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev. Ensemble: The Philharmonic Brass.
    • Overture!.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Zygmunt Stojowski

    Romanze in E flat major Op. 20

    Performer: Bartłomiej Nizioł. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz.
    • Stojowski Violin Concerto / Wieniawski Fantasisie Brillante.
    • Hyperion.
    • 004.

  • Luigi Cherubini

    Symphony in D major - finale

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Cherubini Discoveries.
    • Decca.

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